Summer 1381. The Great Revolt has been crushed. Brother Athelstan meanwhile is preparing for a pilgr..

It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home Fr..

One thousand years ago: An Icelandic warrior returns from battle bearing a ring cut from the right h..

An honest policeman Sergeant Wigan escorts a drunk man home one night to keep him out of trouble and..

1927. Hollywood studio fixer Mary Rourke is called to the home of silent movie actress Norma Carlton..

Precious Ramotswe that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build' is well-known ..

Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sy..

Looking back it all started on the day of the fair and the terrible accident. When twelve-year-old E..

A member of a local ukulele group is found dead in Steeple Martin's churchyard. Libby's first reacti..

DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily but when one of her neighbours goes missing she f..

When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym she wonders brief..

“Luke flung the light of his torch full onto the face of the immobile figure. Then he had the shoc..

Anthony Trollope finds the beautiful city of Barchester idyllic on visiting it for the first time. T..

A head teacher's work is never done especially if like Jane Cowan you're a victim of your own succes..

Jane Cowan’s abusive ex-husband has always tracked her down whichever town she lives in whichever ..